@Blaffair- both you and Black Texan are correct. as a bookseller (and ellie mentions being one in another comment), i certainly have an interest in people buying traditional paper books, but the reality is that the publishing industry as we've known it is going away. i certainly believe that being able to read…

i agree with mattsg- the first 1.5 books were great. after, that, though…

@ellie- i work in one, too, and the one copy of hitch-22 we ordered didn't sell.

^that

The Tiger is so badass- if i win the lottery i'm going to primorye.

Shades of Grey is one of my top three from last year- last time i looked at Fforde's (terrible mess of a) website i didn't see a release date for part two, though.

i knew my man scotus would smell blood in the water.

i agree with you, especially that last line, but, um, spoiler alert?

SUMDOGG MILLIONAIRE is my new math/rap name.

i'll add my own list, thank you
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
The Tiger - John Vaillant
Mattherhorn - Karl Marlantes
Savages - Don Winslow

that guy, did you look at the comments on the avclub's review of the passage? if not, i'll summarize:

TTAoJdZ is the best thing i've read this year (and maybe the past five). i was also surprised not to see it.

i'll see your "new number order"
and raise you "mama gina." i love shellac, but every album has one or two absolutely terrible songs.

i saw wesley willis open for sublime (whom i had never heard of and did not stick around for) in like 1997. before going on, he was sitting at a table with headphones on and a sketchpad in front of him. my brother approached him, got his attention, and was greeted with, "would you like to buy some of my CDs? two for…

the real question is, "what is going on with this sentence?"

i thought ja rule was charged with being a wanksta, so imagine my surprise when it turns out that he was actually doing something criminal!

yes, The Strain was completely original
never come across anything remotely similar to it. never.

"The Barrett material in Saucer Full of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey are pretty great. …but Saucer also contains a fairly in-depth survey of that UFO scene."

what about "the gnome?" no, i'm kidding, but "astronomy domine" is the jam. "jugband blues" is great, too, but i can't imagine a whole albums with the dudes syd brought in for that would be that good.

…but does it has a flavor?
sorry, late to the party. i'll see myself out.